London, UK - 18 March 2004, 15:00 GMT - The number of overt digital
attacks worldwide in February 2004, excluding malware, has gone up by 64%
in comparison to the same month last year before the war with Iraq started
according to the mi2g Intelligence Unit, the world leader in digital
risk. After Brazil, ideologically motivated and criminal hacker groups are
increasingly originating from the Middle East. The premier league now includes
Turkey, Morocco, Kuwait, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia based hackers.